chev·ro·tain (sh v r -t n )n. Any of several small deerlike hornless ruminants of the genera Hyemoschus and Tragulus native to the tropical rain forests of central Africa, India, and southeast Asia. Also called mouse deer. [French chevrotin, from Old French, diminutive of chevrot, kid, diminutive of chevre, goat, from Latin capra, she-goat, feminine of caper, goat.] |
chevrotain [ˈʃɛvrəˌteɪn -tɪn]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines Also called mouse deer
[from French, from Old French chevrot kid, from chèvre goat, from Latin capra, feminine of caper goat]
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| Noun | 1. |  chevrotain - very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africaruminant - any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments family Tragulidae, Tragulidae - chevrotains kanchil, Tragulus kanchil - small chevrotain of southeastern Asia napu, Tragulus Javanicus - chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil; found in India and Malaya Hyemoschus aquaticus, water chevrotain, water deer - largest chevrotain; of marshy areas of west Africa |
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